Fear Quotes

"I am not afraid of pain, I am afraid of meaninglessness."

"Fears of the unknown are largely fantasies"

"We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves"

"The things we fear most in organizations are usually those things we most need to learn"

"The fear of the world works in mysterious ways"

"Insecurity in infancy often leads to caution in exploration."

"The fear of abandonment shapes behavior long after infancy."

"A man who has conquered his fear has found freedom."

"The biggest threat to our survival is not what the external world might do to us, but what we might do to ourselves."

"The fear of knowledge is often rooted in a fear of its consequences."

"Fear is the enemy of growth."

"Fear is the enemy of freedom."

"Fear shrinks when we move toward it with awareness."

"Fear of judgment prevents us from expressing our authentic selves."

"Fear is the price we pay for our freedom; the greater the freedom, the greater the fear."

"The fear of rejection is one of the most powerful forces shaping human behavior."

"Fear of punishment or rejection causes ordinary citizens to commit extraordinary acts of cruelty."

"We tend to avoid information that creates dissonance."

"Cognitive dissonance is uncomfortable and unavoidable."

"The need for safety is nearly as important as the need for food when a person feels threatened."

"We fear to know the fearsome and unsavoury aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves."

"Fear of the dark, of solitude, of strange objects, just mentioned, are practically all that we can very definitely call innate emotional responses."

"I have observed that when fear is met with empathy rather than judgment, it loses its power."

"I observe that those who overcome fear are often those who look it directly in the eye."

"We are not born with fears; we are taught them through our experiences and environment."

"We fear to know the fearless."

"The person who is afraid of growth is the person who is afraid of life."

"Most of us fear that if we become our real selves, people will reject us."

"Fear thrives in the absence of information. Education is the antidote to both fear and prejudice."

"Fear is nothing more than a learned response to stimuli."